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| Impressive procession taken out to celebrate Good Friday | | | 
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Apr 19: Taking out of processions and holding of prayers in Churches marked the celebration of Good Friday across Jammu region today. In connection with the celebration of Good Friday an impressive procession was taken out by members of Catholic community today.
The procession which was full of religious gaiety and fervor, started from Shaheedi Chowk later it passed through Residency Road and culminated at St Peter's Catholic Church, Premnagar.
The procession depicted the final journey of Jesus Christ to the Mount Calvary where he was crucified. The Good Friday is observed on the Friday before Easter Sunday. On this day Christians commemorate the passion or suffering and death on the Cross of Lord, Jesus Christ.
Many Christians commemorate the passion, suffering and death of the Cross of the Lord, Jesus Christ. Many Christians spend this day in fasting, prayer, repentance and meditation on the agony and suffering of Christ on the Cross.
Jesus' Crucifixion was a horribly painful and disgraceful form of Capital punishment used in the ancient world. This method of execution involved binding the victim's hands and feet and nailing them to a cross, a hanout out issued by Catholic community said. It said Jesus Christ the central figure of Christianity, died on Roman Cross. Christian theology teaches that Christ's death provided the perfect atoning sacrifice for the sins all humankind, thus making the crucifix or cross one of the defining symbols of Christianity, it added.
Special prayers for the prosperity and peace in Jammu and Kashmir State were offered during the occasion.
A special prayer service was conducted in the Church at 3.0pm commemorating the passion and death of Jesus. A large number of devotees gathered at the Church to pray and seek blessings from Lord Jesus Christ.
Another impressive procession with tableau was taken out from Gandhi Nagar Church in which a large number of members of Christian community and priests participated.
Attired in white dress they were reciting prayers. The procession after passing from Church road Gandhi Nagar and other markets later culminated at the Church. |
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